One of the earliest inspirations was when I found this jigsaw puzzle on Ebay. It is from Waddington Enterprises in the UK...the puzzle was only sold there. The date on the box is 1978 and it is a simple diorama of the first set of vintage Star Wars figures.

I've been missing in action for 3 months now. Can't believe my last post was on April 17th. Started a new job and just got overwhelmed. Since then, however, my hometown Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. To celebrate, I pulled out the McFarlane exclusive hockey rink which measures about 6 feet by 4 feet, and put up all the McFarlane Blackhawks figures. Jonathan Toews, Stan Mikita, Jocelyn Thiebault, Tony Esposito, Nikolai Khabibulin, Chris Chelios, Bobby Orr, Tony Amonto and Bobby Hull. Way to go Blackhawks!